David Moscato

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Paleontologist. Science Writer. Podcaster. Host of the Common Descent Podcast. He/they

Columbia from the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Screenshot from the Wikipedia page for a cute mouse-like marsupial called the "fat-tailed dunnart". Below the image of the animal is its Conservation status, identified as "Least Concern"
A short video of a caecilian (a worm-like amphibian) swimming in an aquarium exhibit. As it swims away, we can see its butt.
Face of a caecilian.
Head-on view of a Lake Titicaca frog.
Head of a leaf-nosed snake.
Head-on photo of a mata mata turtle.
A set of dice featuring the colors of the non-binary flag: yellow, white, purple, and black. The 20-sided die is being held in a hand closer to the camera.
An African elephant skull sits on a large cart, while a person looks at it with interest.
Comparison of the frozen sabertooth cat's head (top) and a three-week old lion cub's head (bottom), both facing to the right. Scale bars are 1cm. Credit: Lopatin et al 2024.
Close-up of the underside of the sabertooth cat's front paw. Scale bar is 1cm. Credit: Lopatin et al 2024.
The head of the frozen sabertooth cat, facing to the right. It's covered in thick brown fur, has small ears and closed eyes. Scale bar is 1cm. Credit: Lopatin et al 2024.
Fossil skull of Homotherium, an extinct sabertooth cat, facing to the left. Photo credit: James St. John. A sign beneath the skull says "dirk-toothed cat," a common name for this group of cats.
Scientific image of the skull of the sabertooth specimen, facing to the left. Credit: Lopatin et al 2024.
Scientific image of the frozen sabertooth specimen. Left: the front half of the body; right: CT-scan image of the skeleton inside. Scale bars are 5cm, credit to Lopatin et al 2024.
An orange cat (left) curiously sniffs a replica sabertooth cat skull (right) being held by a hand.
Me in my cosplay – a green shirt with a pattern of yellow lines and dots, black jeans, a black trench coat, and a silver belt buckle with an X. I've put three of myself in this photo: two standing and one in the middle sitting.
It's me placing my index finger on the snout of a replica skull of a sabertooth cat.